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I mean, if you are a senior Java or C# (to say something) why should you want to move to TS? If you want to became an AI dev better learn python. Also nothing to do for data career path.

When in learning phase it could be great if you are going for full JS stack, in which case knowing TS is an addition as you'll find it in some companies mixed with JS or using TS as main implementation but otherwise you may probably better focus on your stack.

Either way learning TS is not an excuse for not deeply learn JS and I would suggest to first learn JS in deep and then learn about TS.


From the TS Doc

Learning JavaScript and TypeScript

We frequently see the question “Should I learn JavaScript or TypeScript?“.

The answer is that you can’t learn TypeScript without learning JavaScript! TypeScript shares syntax and runtime behavior with JavaScript, so anything you learn about JavaScript is helping you learn TypeScript at the same time.

There are many, many resources available for programmers to learn JavaScript; you should not ignore these resources if you’re writing TypeScript. For example, there are about 20 times more StackOverflow questions tagged javascript than typescript, but all of the javascript questions also apply to TypeScript.

If you find yourself searching for something like “how to sort a list in TypeScript”, remember: TypeScript is JavaScript’s runtime with a compile-time type checker. The way you sort a list in TypeScript is the same way you do so in JavaScript. If you find a resource that uses TypeScript directly, that’s great too, but don’t limit yourself to thinking you need TypeScript-specific answers for everyday questions about how to accomplish runtime tasks.